Lucius Licinius Murena (Consul 62 BC)

Lucius Licinius Murena (* around 105 BC) was a politician of the late Roman Republic .

He was 83 to 81 BC. With his father of the same name , when he, as governor of the province of Asia, waged a war against Mithridates of Pontus . 75 or 74 BC He became quaestor , then 73–69 BC. Chr. Legate of Lucullus in the third war against Mithridates, 65 v. BC praetor urbanus and 64 BC BC governor of the province of Narbonensis . 63 BC He successfully applied for the consulate for the following year. Although he was charged with illegal advertising, he was successfully defended by Marcus Tullius Cicero (speech pro Murena ), Marcus Licinius Crassus and Quintus Hortensius Hortalus . As Consul-designate, he took office on December 5, 63 BC. Participated in the Senate meeting, at which the fate of the Catilinarians was decided. 62 BC BC he officiated as consul together with Decimus Junius Silanus ; the two stipulated in a lex Licinia Iunia that legislative proposals had to be filed in the aerarium .

source

Marcus Tullius Cicero : Pro Murena (= texts on research. 55). Edited with a comment by Joachim Adamietz . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1989, ISBN 3-534-02246-7 .

André Boulanger: La publication du "Pro Murena". In: Revue des études anciennes . Vol. 42, 1940, pp. 382-387, ( online ).
Thomas Frigo: Licinius [I 35]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 7, Metzler, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-476-01477-0 .
Emil Rosenberg: Studies on Cicero's speech for Murena (= Royal High School in Hirschberg in the end of Easter. 1902, ZDB -ID 890686-5 ). Tageblatt-Buchdruckerei, Hirschberg 1902, ( digitized ).

personal data
SURNAME	Licinius Murena, Lucius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Murena, Lucius Licinius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman politician, consul 62 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH	around 105 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	after 62 BC Chr.